Wringer



July 3, 1945.

E. L. BAKER WRINGER Filed March l, 1944 Gil-' L ul l 0^ Patented July 3, 19.45

' 2,379,619`I WRINGER a EarlxL. Baken Washington. Di.

This invention relates to' wringers for' removing liquid from fabric and is especially-'adapted for wringing mops Vand likedevices, and has for the primary object the provision ofia'portable de-j vic'eof this 'character which will render the wringing ofl mops and similar devices much quicker and' easier for a person and with less danger of tearing or otherwise damaging the fabric of the' mop.

Another object of this invention is the-provision of a device of theabovelstated character to the .basefS' las atsffwhilethe' lowerends of the in `,which the'mop fabric may b e easily arranged I anda pressure va'ried thereon in'accordance with the desire of the person using the"device along with-a rotary action for `feeding the-mop fabric from the device as it is squeezed to 'efficiently remove'fthe fluidv therefrom. I

With' these and other objects in'view `as will become more apparent as the description proceeds, the invention'consists incertain novelfeatures of construction, combination. and arrangement of partsfas will be hereinafter more fully' described and claimed.' y i lFor afcomplete understanding of my invention',` reference is to be had'to the following description and accompanying`drawing,in `which Figure lisa side elevation illustrating a E'l Referring in detail to the drawing, the numeral The upper ends of the members I2 are apertured to receivea. shaft I3 of a roller I4 adapted to coact with the roller III in squeezing liquid from fabric. a crank handle I5. The supports 6 and the members I2 have their lower ends enlarged and the lower ends of the supports are firmly secured One end of theshaft I3 is bent to form membersy I Zpnlay` at; times lrest; flatly. on thej base or atotheritimesassume a position withV cornersv thereof restingcn theibase, and ,when in this latterv position lthe rmembers' I2 will be inclined laterally .of the,` supports and thus positioning 'the roller I4; a considerabledistance away from the vrollervlllrso thataaiimop fabric as shown in Figure ljinaybeflaidacrosstheroller IIJ with the latter adjacentzrthe mephead. vv:The members I2 may then.l be :swungzfmahuallyxinto parallelv relation with the uprightsor supports-r6 andthe shaftv I3 permittedi to enter-the' slots'I and i move downwardly"therein;untilthe. roller I4 rests @upon the moplfabricgsf; "l i l .A'tre'adle :I6vdisposed over. atportion of the base 5 is secured .tofithe rodH sogpthat .the 'operator may place lthefo'ot lthereon and .press downwardly' on thefrod II'lbringing" afsqueezing' action on, the 'fmop .fabric by the roller vIII. pressing in the direction'l'-' tlifroller ID; Withr the; Weight Still maintained onrthe .treadle fI 6, the uoperator lrotates thef-'cra'nkf handle.l I5 which f'. brings' `about feeding` of the-mop .fabric from' between :ther rollers withg'la Asqueezingactionremovrig. therefrom the/liquid an'dfat the Asame time freeing the lmop fabric ready to be used in a mopping operation.

A drain shelf II is supported at an inclination by kthe supports 6 directly below the roller I0 -so that the liquid flowing from the mop fabric may be caught and directed into a receptacle of any suitable -kind arranged on the base 5 and directly below the shelf I l. After the'wringng operation of the mop fabric has been completed, the operator removes the foot from the treadle and lifts upwardly on the roller I4 or the crank handle rI5 thereof and swings the members I2 laterally of the supports to assume the angular position as shown in Figure 3, whence the device is ready again to receive a mop fabric for wringing. Y

From the foregoing description, taken in connection with the accompanying drawing, it willl be seen that a very simple, durable and compact wringer 'has been provided which can be easily moved from place to place and used wherever desired and the construction thereof is such that the mop fabric can be easily arranged in position of receiving a wringing action thereon. Further, it will be noted that the pressure on the mop fabric can be varied in accordance with the desire of the operator and that during the pressure on the mop fabric the rollers may bev conveniently rotated to feed the mop fabric from the rollers with the desired pressure thereon. A device of this construction can be made from any material suitable for the purpose.

While I have shown and described the preferred embodiment of my invention, it will be understood 4that minor changes in construction, combination and arrangement of parts may be made without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention claimed.

Having thus described` my invention, what I claimis: ZJ J-'f i l 2 l. In a wringer, a substantially rigid upright supporting structure including spaced-apart parallel vertical supports each having a longitudinal slot in its upper end portion, each slot being open 1- soas to causevcompression of the fabric interposed between Athe carried'roller and stationarily'supportedrollen f Y. y

2. In a wringer,` a"base` spaced-apart parallel uprights `secured-to saidrbas'e and each-,upright the opposed having upper and lower longitudinal slots therein, .1.

each of said -upperslotsbeing open `atcits. top, said upright's beingstationarilyand .rigidly supported at their lower ends `onfsaid base, awroller liournaled` by pintles vatits opposite endsin .the

lower endsfoftheupper slots of said-uprights, a i

secondv roller having pintles movable. into and out of thejopen: upper endsof said upper 'slots above said irstemntioned `r`oller .;so` as -to'fcoact ywith sad'iirstementioned roller' Ain squeezing'a vfabric placed therebetween, :ai crank handle fconnected to the second-mentioned roller for forcible rota- 45 tion of the same, mounting means for said second roller including a rod extending through the lower slots in said upright, said mounting means being thereby pivotally and slidably connected to said uprights and having the second-mentioned roller journaled thereon and, through the medium of said rod, the pintles of said second-mentioned roller being also supportedly but releasably journaledinsaid upper slots ringsai'd ,uprights and means for. forcibly operating said pivotal-and slidable mounting means physically to effect com- ,pression by and under control of the operator upon material interposed between said first and said second-mentioned rollers.

...2-,1n a wringer, a base, spaced-apart parallel uprights secured stationarily and rigidly to said base'iand each'upright having upper and lower longitudinal slots therein, each of said upper slots being open at its top, a roller journaled at itsrends byfpintlesin the innerends offtheupper slotsrzfor. said :.fuprights, a second roller vmovable intoandout'ofthe upper open-endedslots above said frrstfmentioned roller so asv vtdcoact with the iirst-:ment-ioned roller insqueezingaJ fabric placed therebetween,- a. crank handle. connected ,to the seeondementioned roller. for forcible rotation of the-same, mounting means for fsaid` second Yroller including ,a `rod extending through the lower slots in said -uprights, said,` mounting means being thereby pivotallyV and slidably connectedtosaid 

